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The system worked : how the world stopped another great depression Book
Book | Oxford University Press paperback edition. | Oxford University Press, Oxford : [2016]

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International institutions, from the International Monetary Fund to the International Olympic Committee, are perceived as bastions of sclerotic mediocrity at best and outright corruption at worst, and this perception is generally not far off the mark. In the wake of the 2008 financial crash, Daniel W. Drezner, like so many others, looked at the smoking ruins of the global economy and wondered why global economic governance structure had failed so spectacularly, and what could be done to reform them in the future. But then a funny thing happened. As he surveyed their actions in the wake of the crash, he realized that the evidence pointed to the exact opposite conclusion: global economic governance had succeeded.
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  • ISBN: 9780190263393 (paperback) :
  • Physical Description: xii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmprint
  • Edition: Oxford University Press paperback edition.
  • Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2016]
  • Copyright: ©2016
  • Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Formatted Contents Note: The puzzle of successful global governance -- Yes, the system worked -- Why the misperception? -- The role of interest -- The role of power -- The role of ideas -- Where do we go from here?

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